Name: Desulfobacterium macestii Gogotova and Vainstein 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ces’ti.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. macestii, referring to the town Matsesta at Sotschi, Black Sea, Russia, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ma-KES-ti-i, neuter

Type strain: DSM 4194; M-9; VKM B-1598

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16S rRNA gene: AJ237604 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gogotova GI, Vainstein MB. Description of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfobacterium macestii sp. nov. capable of autotrophic growth. Mikrobiologiya 1989; 58:76-80.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Desulfomicrobium macestii (Gogotova and Vainstein 1989) Hippe et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfomicrobium macestii (Gogotova and Vainstein 1989) Hippe et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfobacterium macestii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The spelling of the name of one author is Vainstein or Vainshtein (with "h"). As a matter of fact, the author uses the both spellings. In "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature", this author's name is cited as it appears in the publications (i.e. Vainstein for Desulfobacterium macestii and Vainshtein for Desulfomicrobium macestii). Publication: Hippe H, Vainshtein M, Gogotova GI, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1127-1130.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988

Assigned by: Gogotova GI, Vainstein MB. Description of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfobacterium macestii sp. nov. capable of autotrophic growth. Mikrobiologiya 1989; 58:76-80.

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Record number: 775547